Isoleucine absence from adult human hemoglobin is mirrored in mosquito proteomes and limits malaria parasite growth
Amino acid composition within a proteome is conventionally viewed as a property of individual protein function. However, specific nutrient scarcity has been shown to reshape which amino acids are encoded in the genome of microbes. Mosquitoes have fed on blood for 200 million years, relying on blood amino acids for reproduction. We wondered whether this ancient dependency has left an imprint on…
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